Full Name Eindra Kyaw Zin Role Film actress Siblings Ei Kyaw Zin Name Eindra Zin Parents Kyaw Zin, Mya Thida | Years active 1998–present Children Pyay Thudra, Pyay Di Ra | |
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Movies Naug Ma Kja Kyay, Kaba Sone Hti, Style Similar People | ||
Shadows of the Past (Theatrical Trailer)
Eindra Kyaw Zin (Burmese: အိန္ဒြာကျော်ဇင်, [ʔèiɴdɹà tɕɔ̀ zɪ̀ɴ]; born 24 April 1977) is a Myanmar Academy Award winning film actress and TV commercial model. Kyaw Zin, an amateur painter, is one of the stars of the Burmese entertainment industry. She is best known for winning the 2004 Myanmar Academy Award as best actress in the film Flirtatious Sky (မျက်နှာများတဲ့ မိုးကောင်းကင်).
Contents
- Shadows of the Past Theatrical Trailer
- Eindra Kyaw Zins Birthday Donations At Buddhist Monastery
- Early life
- Career
- Political views
- Marriage
- Social work
- Filmography
- References
Eindra Kyaw Zin's Birthday Donations At Buddhist Monastery
Early life
Eindra Kyaw Zin was born to a well-to-do family in Yangon, the youngest child of Mya Thida and Kyaw Zin. She is a granddaughter of Bo Zeya, one of the Thirty Comrades that founded the modern Burmese Army, a niece of Dagon Taya, a writer, and a first cousin of singer Hayma Ne Win and singer and film star Yaza Ne Win. Kyaw Zin graduated from Yangon's Dagon 1 High School. She holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry.
Career
In an interview with The Myanmar Times, Kyaw Zin admitted that film was not her initial choice of a career. Rather she envisioned herself as an independent artist or a doctor but had to reevaluate her options after getting sub-par grades in school. Her first foray into the entertainment industry came by way of a local beauty contest. She won the Miss Kokkine contest in 1998, and then went on to win Miss Christmas that same year. For the next two years she appeared in magazines and modeling shows. In 2000, she scored her big break as an actress in the film Pyaw Lai Kya Ya Aung (Let’s Have Great Fun) as the lead actress.
In a twist of fate, her early 2000s film career was hindered by Yaza Ne Win, the leading male actor of that era and her first cousin. Speaking in 2003 to The Irrawaddy magazine, based in Chiangmai, she conveyed her struggle to find roles in popular films of the time, pointing out the familial restrictions on the selection of roles when acting alongside her cousin, particularly in regard to love scenes. In Burma, male leads are usually the main draw at the box office, and acting opposite these household names can be an actress's ticket to fame.
Kyaw Zin won the 2004 Myanmar Academy Award, playing a villain role in the movie, Flirtatious Sky (မျက်နှာများတဲ့ မိုးကောင်းကင်). She continues to act in films and model for commercials. Although she is over 30, she is still a top model and actress in an industry full of young starlets.
Political views
In December 2003, the Burmese actress was accused by The Irrawaddy for displaying " conspicuous patriotism". During the early 2001 Pan-Asian film festival in France, the Thai movie "Bang Rajan," which depicted one of Burma's 18th-century invasions of Thailand, led Kyaw Zin to abruptly leave the theater before the conclusion of the film. Its director, Thanit Jitnukul, who took home the festival’s Best Director award, recounted meeting Kyaw Zin that day. "She was very friendly at first," Thanit said. "Then she asked me about my movie. I told her its name, and she refused to talk to me again."
Marriage
She married actor Pyay Ti Oo on 1 January 2011. She gave birth to her first-born daughter on 14 October 2011 and to her son on 27 August 2015.
Social work
Eindra Kyaw Zin is socially involved with the community and various Burmese charities and is considered by her peers to be a good role model for young women in the country.